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Who was the first man to describe planet orbit shape and periods?
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Johannes Kepler.
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When do planets orbit a star?
When don't they? If a planet is in orbit around a star, it is in continual orbit. Orbital periods (the lengths of time it takes different planets to complete one orbit) are different from planet to planet, and are related to the distances between the planets and their stars.
When planets orbit a star?
When don't they? If a planet is in orbit around a star, it is in continual orbit. Orbital periods (the lengths of time it takes different planets to complete one orbit) are different from planet to planet, and are related to the distances between the planets and their stars.
How many moons orbit around the planet and describe them?
many moons
What Kepler's second law?
In modern English rather that renaissance Polish, "The radius vector of the planet's orbit(the line from the sun to the planet) sweeps over equal areas in equal time periods."One thing this implies is that the closer the planet is to the sun in its orbit, the fasterit moves in its orbit.
What term do astronomers use for the time it takes for a planet to orbit the sun relative to the stars?
Astronomers use the term "sidereal period" to describe the time it takes for a planet to orbit the sun relative to the stars. Sidereal periods are measured based on the apparent motion of a planet against the background of fixed stars rather than against the sun. This allows for more precise measurements of a planet's orbital period.
What is a ellipse used for?
Describe the orbit of a planet (or other body in the Solar system) about the Sun.
Which planet was the first to be found inside the orbit of Jupiter and is the fourth planet from the sun?
Mars
Which planet will complete its first orbit since 1846?
Neptune, the furthest planet from our sun.
Why does adding a second planet affect the orbit of the first planet?
The law of universal gravitation
If you leave Earth travelling toward the Sun which planet do you come to first?
It depends on where the planets are in their orbit: you may not come to any. You will come to Venus's orbit first.
What planet do comets orbit?
Comets don't orbit a planet, they orbit the sun.
If there are rings orbiting my planet describe them Jupiter?
Yes. The rings of Uranus are composed of material in orbit around the planet.
